Bubble charts and stats

[Bartleby]

Working in MTU, I had the wonderful problem of too much information. I built a program to create a sector using the rules I wanted, but now I had too much data to process in my head.

So I decided to work on some data visualization solutions.

I wanted a quick look at a subsector and have some ideas jump out at me as I reviewed the data.

Here is one of my subsectors viewed with a focus on "Acceptance" and "Law"

The higher the system the more friendly the locals are to strangers. The further to the right the more the restrictions on personal liberty. Systems in the bottom left leave you open to being accosted without much help from authorities. Bottom right means the authorities themselves may be the accosters.

The bigger the circle the higher the technology. The color is associated with starports, the more green the better the starport.

When looking at my subsector through this view, I started to see things differently. It certainly drives home that visitors may want to avoid those bottom three.

 

[Bartleby]

So I decided to run some OTU subsectors through this process.

Here is Regina, the first setting for the OTU and my earliest Traveller memories.

A little crowded but interesting for me. Look at how interesting Efate looks. Full of technology, little law, but they are open to strangers. This does not mean it is safe, but the Travellers would likely blend in.

Regina looks like a safe place to visit. Stay the hell away from Beck's world.

When I was a kid my longest and most successful run campaing started in Banasdan and took place entirely in the Solomani Rim. Take a look at this...

No wonder the Rim was always called civilized and the Marches out on the frontier. I mean, I guess I knew this, but pictures always help.

 

[Leitz]

Very nice! It pushes some thought processes from a DM perspective.

Any interest in sharing your code?

 

[Bartleby]

Happy to share. I assume via Git? I don't really have much experience with it. Or do you mean attachments here?

 

[Leitz]

Happy to share. I assume via Git? I don't really have much experience with it. Or do you mean attachments here?

A few of us put code up on GitHub; we're pretty language agnostic so far. Each project goes in it's own repo so you don't have to worry about mixing namespaces, etc.

I'll be off-line for a few hours. If you need some help with GitHub send me a PM and I'll help out. If you can code like that, though, I don't think your'e going to have too many issues.

 

[Bartleby]

A few of us put code up on GitHub; we're pretty language agnostic so far. Each project goes in it's own repo so you don't have to worry about mixing namespaces, etc.

I'll be off-line for a few hours. If you need some help with GitHub send me a PM and I'll help out. If you can code like that, though, I don't think your'e going to have too many issues.

Cool. I think I have the code up and running from a GitHub account. I am loading some other stuff as well in a different repository.

One thing I cannot find is how to request to be a member of Makhikarun.

 

[Leitz]

Cool. I think I have the code up and running from a GitHub account. I am loading some other stuff as well in a different repository.

One thing I cannot find is how to request to be a member of Makhikarun.

Send me your GitHub ID and I'll add you. That's the only way I know.

 

[Bartleby]

Playing with the code some more, I loaded the complete Spinward Marches and Solomani Rim sectors into a database.

I decided to focus on "Strange" planets (ie Cx Strange counts of 10 or higher).

Here is what I found in the Marches...

Kind of weird that the two strangest planets both have 'F' Law level. I decided to check out the Rim. Here it is below...

What is up with that? Every planet with a Strange index of 10 has a law level of F?

I thought the Strange Index was an independent Flux + 5 roll? What I missing?

Maybe I will take it over to the T5 forum.

 

[infojunky]

The higher the system the more friendly the locals are to strangers. The further to the right the more the restrictions on personal liberty. Systems in the bottom left leave you open to being accosted without much help from authorities. Bottom right means the authorities themselves may be the accosters.

Nice, but you have Law Level backwards, the higher the Law Level the more oppressive the authorities are. i.e. Throw over Law Level to avoid "official" hassles.

 

[Bartleby]

Nice, but you have Law Level backwards, the higher the Law Level the more oppressive the authorities are. i.e. Throw over Law Level to avoid "official" hassles.

Thanks Evyn, I did try to articulate that, clearly poorly. You are of course, correct, the higher the law level the more oppressive they are.

 

[infojunky]

Thanks Evyn, I did try to articulate that, clearly poorly. You are of course, correct, the higher the law level the more oppressive they are.

I figured that it was a difficulty in describing the results...